Walla Fest returns to Centre Theater

Walla Fest returns to the Centre Theater on Friday, Oct. 12 at 6p.m. for more music on the Norristown Arts Hill.

This show includes performances by Childe Savage, Norristown Natives Mitch and DOT, Canadian Winter and Pretty Spiffy.

The regular first floor art show will feature work by Marcus Branch and Lucia Vice.

Tickets are $5 at the door or $10 for admission and a Walla CD including tracks from past Walla performances.

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The doors open for the art show at 6p.m. The bands will play soon after on the first floor.

The origins of Pretty Spiffy can be traced back to November 2011, when four people bound together by fate took a train to Philadelphia to see Fitz & the Tantrums. On the train ride back the members bonded over similar tastes in music and someone mentioned the possibility of starting a band. Needless to say, everyone thought it was a great idea and Pretty Spiffy was born. Pretty Spiffy’s debut song, Sailing Stones, was released on Soundcloud in January 2012.

Child Savage is Nicole VanAller, is a regular performer at Steel City in Phoenixville. She plays acoustic guitar and sings her own songs and hails from Methacton. She performed to great acclaim at last February’s Mini Walla, according to press information.

D.O.T is a rapper out of Norristown who just released his first mix tape called LGOH (lyrically gifted overly hated).

Mitch from Norristown, performs R&B and hip-hop. He is working on a mix tape titled “Starring Mitch” will be released in late November. He last performed with Walla in July of 2011.

Iradiophilly is the official media sponsor of the event.

The Walla Crew is planning to make this an early Halloween event and encourages guests to wear costumes to the show.

The Centre will be developing a full service music venue on its first floor and is in the process of a capital campaign to make the dream of music in Norristown a reality.

The Centre Theater is in the Montgomery County Cultural Center at 208 DeKalb St., in Norristown. The new marquee marks its location as the anchor of the Norristown Arts Hill, adds press information.

It can be reached via routes 202, I-76, I-476 and Ridge Pike. The theater is one block from Septa’s Norristown Transit Center on the Manayunk/Norristown line.